Extensible cigarette



Jan. 17, 1950 L (1,. Moss T 2,494,776

EXTENSIBLE CIGARETTE Filed April 6, 1945 ZShGG'iZS-Sht 1 ARTHUR L.C.MOSS ROBE RT H. GOLDSMITH INVENTORS BYWM ATTORNEY Jan. 17, 1950 A. L. c.MOSS ET AL EXTENSIBLE CIGARETTE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 6, 1945ARTHUR L.C. MOSS H m m L 01 H m M. E B W O R A TTORNE Y Patented Jan.17, 1950 UN IT ED STATES DF CE nX'rENsrBn-E CIGARETTEArthurL40.MossandItobertI-L Goldsmith, "New York, N."Y.

This invention relates to cigarettes and more particularly to extensibleand integral mOIifihpiecesior cigarettes.

An object of this invention is to providelmeans inseparably secured to acigarette for increasing the efiective smoking capacity of thecigarette.

Another object Ofthis invention is .to provide .a cigarette having a.folclable tubular outer member cradapter secured to the cigarettewrapper and .havinga rigid tubular member or mouthpiece secured to theadapter and thereby providing a cigarette having a telescopically.eXtensible mouth-piece without any increase in the normal length of thecigarette when .in unextended. position.

In the art of manuiacturing cigarettes it is desirable to provide eachcigarette with ..a suitable mouth-piece, which must be of material notinjurious to the mouth and lips, and afford a surface which will permitits easy retention.

Mouth-pieces must be inexpensive to permit their being thrown away whenmade integral with cigarettes which are sold at a low .price. Shortpaper tubes form light and inexpensive mouth-pieces. The individualmouth-,pieoemade in accordance with this invention isattached to thecigarette wrapper by an adapter member mounted over one end of theoigarette and -attached thereto. The individual mouth-piece providesproper draft through the body of tobacco inclosed within the cigarettewrapper.

Encroachment upon the tobacco-carrying .portion of the cigarette as tolimit the Lharge of tobacco or to increase the .length of the cigarette,and thus render a given size of cigarette deficient in its smokingcapacity, is obviated by this invention.

The invention consists in mounting the tubular mouth-piece over theadapter member and then attaching the two members together on a widthsufficient to form a bond between the two members. The mouth-pieceimparts additional reinforcement to protect the paper wrapper againstrupture while in use.

By the use of these normally unextended and integral mouth-pieces theadvantage ofthecheap manufacture of cigarettes in quantities ismaintained. The objectionable increase in the length of cigaretteshaving the required charge of tobacco but having normally or permanentlyextended mouth-pieces is avoided, and a telescopically extensiblemouth-piece is provided which is inexpensive and which insures theperfect draft of each cigarette.

With the above arrdbther ob'jcctsin view, the

invention will be hereinafter more particularly described,and thecombination and arrangement of parts will be shown in "the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the claims which form part of specification.

Reference will .now "be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of.reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several Figure591s a cross-sectional view, the section being taken as on line "5- 5 inFigure 3.

'Figurefishows "an exterior view of the body of a modified cigarettesimilar to that shown in FigureB, the connecting member andthemouthpiece being shown in cross-section.

Figure '7 is an exterior View of the cigarette shown in Figure 6 withthe tubular mouth-piece in extended position and with a portion of themouthpiece in overlapping relation with an end p'ortionoi the cigarette.

Figures isa perspective view showing a method of manufacture of theextensible cigarette.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1 0indicates an extensible cigarette having a wrapper H, preferably made ofpaper, and being filled with tobacco or the like 1'2.

As best shownin Figures 3 and 4, the cigarette body has reduced portionsI3 and I of slightly smaller diameters than the main body 115, 'Thewrapper ll of the cigarette in has a tubular foldable connecting memberor adapter 15 attached thereto in "any suitable manner such as byglue H.Theia'dapter itisjma'de of thin pliable paper or the like and foldedback upon itself when the mouth-piece is in non-extended position. Theadapter has "one end portion l1 attached to the reduced end portion Iiiof the cigarette. 'Amouth-"piece 18 is attached to the otherendportioncftheadapter It by glue it.

'Thediameteroi the reduced portion 13 is made less than "the diameter ofthe body portion of "'theoigarette I O by anamountso as'topermit themouth-piece to be of the same outer diameter as the cigarette body. Thediameter of the reduced portion I4 is made less than the diameter of thereduced portion I3 to provide room for the foldable connecting member oradapter I6. The reduced portions I3 and I4 of the cigarette body thuspermit the outer diameter of the mouth-piece I8 to be the same as theouter diameter of the main body of the cigarette I5.

The mouth-piece I8 is made of paper or like material and is stiffer thanthe paper wrapper II. non-collapsible and adapted to impart an elementof reinforcement to the cigarette. The length of the mouth-piece isequal to the combined lengths of the reduced portions I3 and I4 of thecigarette I t.

In practice we intend to carry out our invention without increasing thediameter or the length of cigarettes above that of standard brandcigarettes and without interference with the present size of package ormode of packaging of standard brands of cigarettes.

In operation, when the cigarette is burnt down to about three quartersof an inch from the mouthpiece, the user grips the mouthpiece and pullsthe partially consumed cigarette and the mouthpiece in oppositedirections and thereby extends the effective length of the remainderportion of the cigarette, that is, the mouthpiece provides a hollowextension forming an integral continuation of the cigarette. Theextended mouthpiece enables the user to burn up the remainder portion ofthe tobacco in the partially consumed cigarette.

It is to be noted that in the unextended position of the cigarette, bestshown in Figure 3, the foldable connecting member I8 is folded outwardlyat its upper end and inwardly at its lower end.

During the movement of the mouthpiece I8 to the extended position shownin Figure 4 it will be noted that the upper portion of the pliablemember IE will pass over the lower portion of the member I 5 bycompressing the said lower portion. Also that the tobacco at the endportion Ill will be simultaneously compressed. This is obvious becauseof the well known ease of compressibility of tobacco in cigarettes.

It is to be noted that the tubular mouthpiece I8 may be made of materialsuch as Cellophane, cork or straw. It is also to be noted that themouthpiece forms an integral part of the cigarette and is to be thrownaway when the cigarette is consumed. Under present smoking conditions,the unconsumed portion of a cigarette which is held in the mouth insmoking is thrown away and this results in waste of tobacco. This wasteis obviated when following the disclosure herein. It is also to be notedthat by tubular mouthpiece we mean to include mouthpieces of ovalcross-section and other cross-sections not of circular cross-section.

As shown in Figure 6, there is provided a modified cigarette 29, similarto that shown in Figure 3, but having an adapter l5 of lesser lengththan the adapter I6 shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5.

Figure 7 shows the cigarette 20 with the mouthpiece It in extendedposition. It will be seen that in this extended position, an end portionor zone 2| of the body of the cigarette 2!] remains within themouthpiece I 8. The importance of this partially nested arrangement is;first, to provide sealing area or overlap between the mouthpiece 18 andthe cigarette 20 at zone 2|, and- The mouth-piece is sufiiciently rigidand second, to provide a greater element of rigidity of the assembledextensible cigarette in its extended position. This increase in rigidityserves to maintain the axial alinement of the mouthpiece I8 and thecigarette in extended position to prevent play or looseness.

Figure 8 shows a method of fabricating the extensible cigarettesillustrated in Figures 1 to '7 inclusive. By way of example, the endportion 2| of the modified cigarette 20 shown in Figures 6 and 7 isplaced upon a folded adapter I6 when the adapter is in strip form. Aportion of the adapter strip is attached to the mouthpiece I8 when themouthpiece is in strip form by gluing the outwardly folded edge portion32 of the adapter It to the mouthpiece.

In the assembling operation of the modified extensible cigarette '20,the mouthpiece I8 and the adapter IE are tightly rolled over theportions I3 and 2I of the cigarette 20. During this rolling operationthe inwardly folded edge portion 33 of the adapter I6 is glued to theexternal surface of the cigarette wrapper along a glued surface 32. Themouthpiece strip I 8 has glue on a portion of its surface 35. During therolling operation the mouthpiece strip is rolled upon itself and gluedalong the surface 35 to form the tubular mouthpiece. The rollingoperation may be performed with suiiicient pressure to form the reducedportions indicated at portions I3 and 2|.

It is to be noted that no portion of the mouthpiece I8 is glued to thecigarette body. It is also to be noted that the length of adapter I6 isaccurately predetermined so that it covers the exact circumference ofthe end portion 2| of the cigarette.

In the extensible cigarette 20, the reduction in diameter of the endportions I3 and 2I are compensated by the thicknesses of the mouthpieceI8 and the adapter IS with the result that the extensible cigarette isof uniform diameter throughout its length.

It is to be noted that the reduced end portions I3 and 2! may be madeduring the rolling operation and in no way affect the present method ofmanufacture of cigarettes. The glue on the glued surfaces 33 and 34 ispreferably preapplied to the adapter and mouthpiece. The glued surfaces33 and 34 may be dampened prior to the rolling operation to get properadhesion. In the actual production of the extensible cigarettes hereindescribed we found no difiiculty in making the diameter of thecigarette-body and of the mouthpiece uniform throughout.

It is to be noted that in the drawings we have shown the main bodyportions l5, I5 as greatly enlarged with respect to the adjacent reducedportions I3, I3 in order to visualize the working of the extensiblecigarette, and that, in practice, the differences in the diameters isonly a few thousandths of an inch.

In accordance with the patent statutes we have described and illustratedthe preferred embodi having an end portion adhesively secured at one fend to said Wrapper and an end portion adhesively secured to saidmouthpiece, said mouthpiece in unextended position surrounding saidreduced portions of said cigarette, the length of said mouthpiece beingequal to the combined lengths of said reduced portions, said mouthpiecein extended position providing means for supporting said cigarette withsaid wrapper substantially fully exposed and thereby augmenting thesmoking capacity of said cigarette, said reduced diameter cigaretteportions permitting said main diameter cigarette portion and saidmouthpiece to be of the same diameter, whereby said cigarettes may bestored in boxes adapted for said main diameter portion of saidcigarettes, and said connecting member in folded position lying whollywithin the length of the smallest reduced diameter portion of saidcigarette.

2. In an extensible cigarette having a wrapper portion of main diameterand two wrapper portions of reduced diameters, a tubular mouthpiece, andan elongated foldable tubular connecting member having an end portionadhesively secured at one end to said wrapper and an end portionadhesively secured to said mouthpiece, said mouthpiece in unextendedposition surrounding said reduced portions of said cigarette, the lengthof said mouthpiece being equal to the combined lengths of said reducedportions, one of said reduced portions providing accommodation for saidmouthpiece, the other reduced portion providing accommodation for saidconnecting member and said mouthpiece, said mouthpiece in extendedposition providing means for supporting said cigarette with said wrappersubstantially fully exposed and thereby augmenting the smoking capacityof said cigarette, said reduced diameter cigarette portions permittingsaid main diameter cigarette portion and said mouthpiece to be of thesame diameter, whereby said cigarettes may be stored in boxes adaptedfor said main diameter portion of said cigarettes, and said connectingmember in folded position lying wholly within the length of the smallestreduced diameter portion of said cigarette.

ARTHUR L. C. MOSS. ROBERT H. GOLDSMITH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 879,713 Young Feb. 18, 19081,957,958 Hauser et a1 May 8, 1934 2,339,705 Klingel Jan. 18, 1944FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 301,484 Germany Oct. 27, 1917

